Dave & Stewart made the journey from Molesworth to try out Cruel Seas.
Game 1:
Germans (Stewart): 2 A tug towing a disabled U-boat is escorted by 2 E-boats.
Brits: 7 Vespers have to take out the U-boat.
The Vespers split into two to flank the Germans.
The right flank Vespers destroy an E-boat & go in for the kill.
The 3" guns on the tug & U-boat are singularly ineffective. Gunfire sinks the tug & 2 of the 4 torps launched hit the sub & explode sending it to the bottom.
Game 2:
2 E-boats v. 4 Vespers.
The Brits used the islands to get in close with their shorter ranged guns. That & a rudder hit on an E-boat got the Brits on top.
The crippled E-boat goes down as the other circles an island.
The 2nd E-boat returns & sinks a Vesper, but there too many Vepers & it too goes down.
Two good games were had. The islands made things interesting by providing more tactical options. We used the rule (removed in the errata) allowing torps to hit small boats but at -2. We liked it. The chance of a ht was small, but it gave the torps some point even if it was just phsycological.
The tug & U-boat models were made with Stewart's 3-d printer & looked as good as bought ones.
2 comments:
Jim I have printed you your own sub will drop it around on Tuesday if I can find the place I really enjoyed the game Stewart
These games look very good!
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